I let J skip his nap so he could go to the beach with my family today, and just figured I'd deal with the aftermath when I got home from work. He was crankier than usual, and had a few meltdowns so we had an early dinner, bath, storytime and he was in bed and asleep by 6:45pm - normally bedtime is 8!
Well, it is now 10pm and he is wide awake. Apparently he thought it was nap time because now he is done sleeping.
And this, my friends, is why naps ARE important lol!
admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts
@Mrs. Pen: Time to call your brother, so he can deal with the fallout!!!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@mrbee: hahaha.
Well at least he's happy right. I may just let him watch a show for an hour and try to put him back down...
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
@Mrs. Pen: Oh nooo!! Way to take one for the team! I like @mrbee's suggestion. 
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Mrs. High Heels: I didn't think THIS would be the fallout! I thought it would be an hour of crankiness before bedtime, and maybe waking up early. But not "up for the night" at 10pm hahaha! On the bright side, if that WAS a nap - 3 hours is a stellar nap
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
Dang, usually my LO is sleepier after skipping a nap!
Sorry!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I can so relate to this. My son tried to skip his nap and fell asleep at 4 and I was like uh oh, no we're going to the playground now kiddo!
If my son skips his nap, I can be gteed that the night will be a mess.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
Oh yikes!!! So sorry this happened!!! How long did it take before he fell back asleep again?
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
oh nooo. yeah, you have to get your brother back somehow. I am so anal about naps and everyone makes fun of me! "she has to get used to noise eventually.." "she has to sleep elsewhere eventually.." yeah, once you (complainer) are the one to deal with her afterward.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Adira: haha, he was back asleep around midnight! And woke up at 8am
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
@Mrs. Pen: oh man! The no nap curse!
Chloe is like J... She's a worse sleeper if she doesn't get her nap!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Yikes! T will definitely go down early and sleep a little longer if he has a short nap. We have never had a truly no nap day but certainly plenty of 45 min nap days!
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
@Mrs. Pen: Yikes! But at least he slept a good 8 hours after that. I hope you were able to get some sleep too!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@Mrs. Jump Rope: It's uncharted territory because we never miss naps. And DH is just as much of a stickler about them - probably more so than me!
@Adira: haha yeah thankfully he still slept fairly well 
blogger / coconut / 8306 posts
@Mrs. Pen: molars are usually our culprit. Chloe didn't nap for an entire week and I was losing my kind. Yesterday she took an epic nap and at bedtime we discovered a molar popped through. One more to go then all 4 are in!
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